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KY_EnviroGuy

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45. Well, there was the time Lindsey beat Donny at golf.

Tue Dec 29, 2020, 05:12 PM

Dec 2020

It was masterfully kept under wraps and tRump didn't nuke South Carolina.....

So, there's that (some people say)....... .......

Failures? Katrina, 9/11, Iraq, the Great Recession, Puerto Rico hurricane..........that list is very long.

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Has the GOP, in national power, EVER properly handled a crisis? [View all] thucythucy Dec 2020 OP

Does the Civil War count? That's the only one I can think of. catbyte Dec 2020 #1

But that wasn't during our lifetimes thucythucy Dec 2020 #3

You're right--I was going by the title of the post. Coffee hasn't kicked in yet. catbyte Dec 2020 #5

No problem. thucythucy Dec 2020 #15

That was a completely different Republican party then, though. Hugin Dec 2020 #24

Good point...but benfranklin1776 Dec 2020 #7

The civil war was mismanaged at first Cirque du So-What Dec 2020 #8

lots of crises are mismanaged at first, in fact all of them, or they wouldn't be crises. Voltaire2 Dec 2020 #11

You're saying it's not a crisis unless there's mismanagement in the beginning? Cirque du So-What Dec 2020 #21

I'm saying it isn't a crisis unless it is a situation that has gotten out of control. Voltaire2 Dec 2020 #23

An unexpected supervolcano eruption: qualifies as a crisis, I think. Cirque du So-What Dec 2020 #26

Disaster, pain and suffering for We The People is their trademark brand. benfranklin1776 Dec 2020 #2

That's my thought as well. thucythucy Dec 2020 #6

+1000 benfranklin1776 Dec 2020 #12

Not in my lifetime. liberalmuse Dec 2020 #4

civil war Voltaire2 Dec 2020 #9

Invaded Iraq when the enemy was in Afghanistan Yeehah Dec 2020 #10

Oh and the invasion of Afghanistan was and is an unmitigated unending disaster. Voltaire2 Dec 2020 #14

not sure if "crisis" is the right word, but ike created the interstate highway system and nasa unblock Dec 2020 #13

that was not a crisis. Voltaire2 Dec 2020 #16

I think we can also give Ike credit thucythucy Dec 2020 #18

ike arguably helped create the military-industrial complex unblock Dec 2020 #22

"If donnie were president, he'd make it a one-way mission." Hugin Dec 2020 #27

I was barely alive but ending combat operations in Korea. former9thward Dec 2020 #17

I agree. thucythucy Dec 2020 #19

Sure they have! essaynnc Dec 2020 #20

A crisis for who? stillcool Dec 2020 #25

Eisenhower and polio Poiuyt Dec 2020 #28

I think FDR should get most of the credit for that. thucythucy Dec 2020 #35

Disagree about your conclusion Bucky Dec 2020 #40

That's because the GOP is not about governing.. ananda Dec 2020 #29

No! duforsure Dec 2020 #30

1964 Civil Rights Act grantcart Dec 2020 #31

And that was the turning point for both parties. yardwork Dec 2020 #32

Yep. And this is Nixon's real legacy. grantcart Dec 2020 #43

President Lyndon Johnson gets credit for the 1964 Civil Rights Act FakeNoose Dec 2020 #34

That is a complete and inaccurate twisting of history grantcart Dec 2020 #42

I like Ike! Earthshine2 Dec 2020 #33

While I Agree... ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #36

I was looking to be generous. As I said, Ike is the best I could give them. nt Earthshine2 Dec 2020 #37

Understood ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #38

Culturally, Republicans have a different standard for "handled competently" Bucky Dec 2020 #39

If you believe the scariest words in English are "I'm from the Government and I'm here to help" Midnight Writer Dec 2020 #41

Civil War--but that was a different GOP. Now the parties are inverted. tblue37 Dec 2020 #44

Well, there was the time Lindsey beat Donny at golf. KY_EnviroGuy Dec 2020 #45